Obituaries

Survivors include two children, Ellen C. Young of Washington and retired Army Col. Robert M. Young of Brussels, and three grandchildren.

Alex Craig CaldwellCommodity Exchange Supervisor

Alex Craig Caldwell, 92, the last administrator of the Commodity Exchange Authority, died Jan. 30 of an aortic aneurysm at Inova Alexandria Hospital. He was a longtime Alexandria resident.

He became administrator of the agency charged with supervising futures trading in 1960. During his tenure, the size and complexity of the futures market grew from about 10 million contracts worth about $59 billion to more than 55 million contracts worth approximately $571 billion. He worked closely with congressional committees on legislation broadening the scope of federal regulation of futures trading and remained with the Commodity Exchange Authority until his retirement in 1975, when Congress reorganized the regulation of commodity trading and created the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

Mr. Caldwell was born in Ennis, Tex., and attended Washington University, the University of Texas at Austin and the University of California at Los Angeles. He enlisted in the Army during World War II and rose from private to captain while serving as artillery engineer, battery commander and post executive. He was in the active reserve after the war and retired in 1958 with the rank of major.

He began his Civil Service career in 1950 as an investigator with the Commodity and Exchange Authority when it was an agency of the U.S. Agriculture Department. Later, he worked as director of the CEA's Compliance and Trade Practice Division and was based in the Chicago and New York field offices.

Mr. Caldwell was an active member of Trinity United Methodist Church in Alexandria, and in retirement he devoted himself to the care of his mother until her death in 1983. He also enjoyed playing golf and traveling the world. He taught himself French so he could more fully enjoy the south of France, as well as the menu at his favorite restaurant, Chez Andre in Alexandria.

He leaves no immediate survivors.

Richard S. KimmelDocuments Specialist

Richard Simpson Kimmel, 78, who was a documents specialist with the Senate National Security Office at the U.S. Capitol before retiring in 1988, died Feb. 10 of cardiac arrest at his home in Silver Spring.

Mr. Kimmel was born in Washington and graduated from Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School. He attended Benjamin Franklin University and served in the Army in occupied Japan.

He began working for the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, predecessor of the Senate National Security Office, remaining there for 30 years.

Mr. Kimmel was a member of the Boat Owners Association of the United States. He was an avid Chesapeake Bay fisherman and a U.S. history and Civil War buff.

He could give a better tour of the Capitol than most tour guides because he knew so much detail, said a daughter.

His marriage to Margaret E. Kimmel ended in divorce.

Survivors include his companion, Virginia Pedone of Kensington; three children, Lynn Cherrier of Chippewa Falls, Wis., Barbara Kimmel of Silver Spring and Sally Kimmel of Shepherdstown, W.Va.; and three grandchildren.